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documenting div sections, use title attribute?

I'm looking for the most terse way to document sections of my page, e.g. div sections.

Anything wrong with using the title attribute, e.g.

<div title="Payment Area" class="form">
   ...
</div>

?

P.S. In case relevant, I'm using the IntelliJ IDE, but new to its various capabilities, e.g. automatic formatting control and other ways to be able to easily understand sections of my pages.

Solution

  • I would probably use ids, that way you can also use them as hooks for your CSS and JavaScript.

    Otherwise, Gabe's Answer makes a good case for data attributes. John Resig explains why they are good here: http://ejohn.org/blog/html-5-data-attributes/